Improvement in hubs for sleighs



G. W. BENNETT. Hub. for Sleighs.

No. 211,127. I Patented Jan. 7, 1879,

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GEORGE W. BENNETT, OFGARDEN PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HUBS F OR SLEIGHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,127, dated January'7, 1879; application filed November 19, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BENNETT, of Garden Prairie, in the countyof Boone and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hubs for Sleighs, of which the following is aspecification:

This invention relates to an improvement in connecting the knees ofsleighs with the beam on which the body is placed; and it con sists of ametal hub, provided with a groove which receives the beam, and anangular socket, through which the upper end of the knee is passed, theseveral parts being connected together, as hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to give greater strength to theconnection ot the knee and beam, and also to facilitate the makingthereof.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, of the beam and knees of a sleigh connected together by myimproved hub. Fig. 2 is a sect-ion through line a a Fig. 1; and Fig. 3is a perspective view of the hub.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawing, the beam on which the body of the sleigh isplaced is designated by the letter A, and the knees are indicated by theletters B B. The knees and the beamare made in the usual way, and whenjoined together in the proper manner they form the frame-work to whichthe runners and body are fixed.

The hubs are represented by the letters 0. Each hub is a casting ofmetal, the upper part of which is furnished with a groove or channel, a,the sides of which are the segmental portions b I). From this groove iscast the socket-piece c at an acute angle to the channel or groove. Inthe channel or groove is placed the beam of the sleigh, while the socket0 receives the knee. The bottom of the channel is provided withbolt-holes d d.

My invention is applied in the following way: The knees being wedge-shaped, the

smaller end is inserted in the socket from the channel at until thebutt-end is pressed into the socket as far as it will go. Both knees.

having been inserted in their respective sockets, the beam A is thenlaid across within the groove of each of the hubs, so that the latterwill be equally distant from the ends of the beam, and the butt-ends ofthe knees will enter rabbets e in the beam, and bolt-holes through thebeam will coincide with the bolt holes d in the bottom of the channel orgroove. Bolts ff are then entered through the beam and hubs, and securedby screw-nuts, thus fastening the beam and hubs firmly together, andpreventing separation of the parts or any movement when they areproperly fitted. The hub is made in a single piece by casting, so thatno fitting of it is required, as the wood of the beam and knees must bemade to conform to it, and this is a very easy matter, since'it is castin the exact size and shape required. It makes the connection of theknees and beams much more simple and economical than any method now invogue, besides supplying a stronger joint than can be attained bymortising and tenoning.

Entering the butt of the knee into a rabbet in the beam is not essentialto the completeness of my invention, as a good strong joint, a triflemore easily made, can be obtained by simply letting the butt restagainst the under side of the beam.

Having thus described my invention, I claim socket c, in combinationwith the beam A and knee B, to form the connection between the beam andknees of a sleigh, substantially as described.

GEORGE WHEELER BENNETT. Witnesses:

J. D. ROSEKRANS, A. O. FAssETr.

